Benin

The Kingdom of Benin Kingdom of Benin, was an independent country located in West Africa, in the fifteenth century, it was the major power of the West Africa, which is the south west of Nigeria currently. It was first discovered by the Portuguese, when the Portuguese traders built some business relationship with the merchants of Benin, and this was the first cultural encounter between Benin and Europe, but how exactly did this cultural encounter influence on the people of Benin? And How Did it…

family and seeing them through times of trouble is often described as being "on his head." Each new king or “Oba” of the Nigerian kingdom of Benin memorialized his father with a portrait cast in brass, made by craftsmen of the brass fraternity. The oba is often called a "Great Head," accentuating the head of the living leader as having the responsibility over the Benin kingdom. This head may have been made for the funeral of the king Ozolua or his son Esigye himself in 1551.The idealized…

The two African Kingdom I will be comparing are the kingdom of Benin and the kingdom of Mali. I will be demonstrating the rise of each kingdom and the decline of kingdoms and the collapse on both kingdoms. The kingdom of Benin rose to power by trading goods. Benin Declined when a civil war erupted. It finally collapses when its territorial extent shrank rapidly. The kingdom of Mali rose to power because it was rich in gold. It began to decline when its political and military strength was…

I did some reading on Voodoo as I didn’t know much about it. Benin is a country in West Africa known as "the cradle of Voodoo". This is the birthplace of the ancient practice of Voodoo, which is also known as Vodun, the country’s national religion. Its beliefs were exported along with the slaves to Haiti, the Caribbean and Brazil and the religion was distorted by Hollywood. Sticking pins in dolls were once used as a method of cursing an individual by some followers of Vodun in New Orleans; this…

live, express themselves and the way they choose to maintain their history. We can see that effect of cultural encounter between Benin and European. The first contact between Benin and European started with the trades of object and goods in the fifteenth century to the…

ladies and gentlemen: It is my honor to address you today about the concerns in Benin. The country of Benin is suffering due to imperialism which created a poor education system as well as the economy. Also, hunger is an impact on the country of Benin due to the trade partners. In the country of Benin, the French imperialism had a negative impact because its economy and education did not improve during this time. Benin is a country that chose child labour over education because of…

Nearly 30% of the world’s gold comes from Africa, though a lot of it was mined and traded by ancient African kingdoms. Both the kingdom of Benin and the Swahili Coast rose to power due to inter-continental trading, they both declined and then eventually collapsed with decreased trading and conquering by Europeans. The kingdom of Benin started in the 900s CE when the Edo people settled in the West African rainforests. By 1400, the kingdom had gained a lot of wealth and power through trade with…

In the 16th century, the Queen Mother Pendant Mask (pictured on the cover page) was created in the Kingdom of Benin to honor the Oba (King) Esigie’s mother, Idia, the first “Queen Mother” (or “iyoba”) of Benin.*************** (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum) The people who created this were known as the Edo people, also called “Bini”, who are located in today’s southern Nigeria and speak a Volta-Niger language, which is one of the branches of the Niger-Congo language family.…

practices in Africa have demonstrated evidence that seasonal variation also has an impact on nutritional status and dietary diversity of children. Changes in anthropometric indicators, including weight loss were identified with food shortage seasons in Benin and Ethiopia 7-10. Other studies reported low birth weight or insufficient weight gain during pregnancy 11-13. In addition, the declining agricultural biodiversity through degrading natural habitats, extinction of species, intensive modern…

Igie Ehanire, a research student on African art history in London gets touched, he get more perturbed about the injustice of the British invasion of Benin. Oba Ovoramwen receives messages of the visit of the white man. The British representative present a document of treaty to the Benin Empire to offer them protection but the Oba sees the treaty base on false claim. In refusing to sign the document, the Oba appointed Obaseki as an intermediary between the Oba and the…